Titles Deprivation Act 1917

Titles Deprivation Act 1917[1]
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to deprive Enemy Peers and Princes of British Dignities and Titles.
Citation7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 47
Dates
Royal assent8 November 1917[2]
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Titles Deprivation Act 1917[1] is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which authorised enemies of the United Kingdom during the First World War to be deprived of their British peerages and royal titles.[3]

  1. ^ a b Short title as conferred by s. 4 of the Act; the modern convention for the citation of short titles omits the comma after the word "Act".
  2. ^ "Westminster, 8 November 1917". The London Gazette. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 8 November 1917. pp. Issue 30374, Page 11592. Retrieved 14 October 2020. The Royal Assent given to Titles-Deprivation Act, 1917.
  3. ^ "Foreign Legislation-Great Britain". American Bar Association Journal. Vol. 5. Chicago: American Bar Association. 1919. p. 289.